President Obama delivered a loud-and-clear message to his national security team yesterday. The president used strong language in a private meeting in the Situation Room with top aides, a senior administration official said.
"This was a screw-up that could have been disastrous," he said, according to the official. "We dodged a bullet, but just barely."
The president is pressuring his team to fix the mistakes that led to the attempted airline bombing Christmas Day. What can be done going forward? And will anyone be held accountable for failing to connect the dots?
On Wednesday's American Morning we discussed the matter with National Security Council Chief of Staff Denis McDonough.